Fall is definitely here folks and it's putting on its best dress just in time for Garden After Dark which begins October 18th. The Garden is draped with brilliant fall foliage, fall blooming flowers and showy seed heads.

Fall is the best time to visit Red Butte Garden to see our extraordinary ornamental grass collection. Examples of our collection can be found in every garden. Be sure you don't miss seeing a single one.

Now is a great time to visit Red Butte if you haven't been in a while because the garden is constantly changing. What was blooming earlier in the summer has finished its blooming cycle and has passed the baton on to those next in line to flower.

Besides our formal bed displays, we like to accent our gardens with beautiful container plantings. This year we have been fortunate to be able to add a number of new large planters throughout the gardens. Pay special attention to them and you may just discover a new plant you have to add to your own collection.

The following container plantings can be found in the Courtyard just outside the Visitor Center.

Red Butte Garden tries to incorporate native plants in as many of our gardens as possible. As you're strolling through the gardens this summer, if you're curious as to which plants are native we have made it easy to tell. On the bottom right corner of our signs we include a Utah symbol which indicates that the plant is native.

What a beautiful and floriferous spring and summer it has been. This year, our Rose Garden is looking impressive. The rose bushes are maturing nicely and are currently blooming their little hearts out and filing the garden with a delightful fragrance.